Next, over those who came from Aspledon And from Orchomenus in Minyas Ascalaphus ruled with his brother chief Ialmenusâ âtwo sons of mighty Mars. These, in the halls of Actor, Azisâ son, Astyoche bore to the god of war, Who met by stealth the bashful maid, as once She sought the upper palace-rooms. Their ships Were thirty, ranged in order on the shore.
Then Schedius and Epistrophus, two chiefs Born to Iphitus, son of Naubolus The large of soul, led the Phocean host, Those who in Cyparissus had their homes, In Panopè and Crissa the divine And Daulis, or about Hyampolis Anemoreia, and upon the banks of broad Cephissus, and with them the race Who held Lilaea by Cephissusâ springs. With these came forty ships. Their leaders went Among them, ranging them in due array And close to the Boeotians on the left.